2008/8/2 Robert Ullmann <rlullmann(a)gmail.com>
A dump that is taken over a several month
period is also hardly a snapshot, from a DB integrity POV it is nearly
useless. But no matter.
You could also take one or two DB slaves out of replication for the whole
dump period to keep the database consistent and then, after the dump is
finished, let it replicate again. Dunno though if that is possible with
MySQL.
Marco